The enormity of the moment didn’t much matter to eight-year-old Jason Murphy, who had just scored his third goal of the game ... actually, his third goal in 18 seconds.

Think about it, three goals in 18 seconds. The NHL record is Bill Mosienko’s three goals in 21 seconds on March 23, 1952.

Jason, normally a defenceman for the Leitrim Hawks B5 novice team, got three quick goals to bring his team back from a 3-1 deficit against another Leitrim team.

And what was on the players’ minds? With the 5-3 win, they remained undefeated this season, with four wins and three ties. It was the win that put the smiles on their faces.

“Coming back to win, I told the kids it’s a prime example of it’s never over till it’s over,” said coach Terry Murphy. “In all my hockey, and I’ve seen a lot of it, I’m 50, I’ve never seen anything like this happen ... it all happened so fast. I was thinking, three goals, should I leave him on? Then, it was, no, OK, three’s enough.”

The gamesheet shows that the magic began shortly after 4:30 p.m. on Saturday at the Leitrim Arena, with 4:12 left in the game. Moved up to centre because four players were missing and the team only had 10 skaters, Murphy carried the puck down the right side, cut toward the net and scored. He then took the faceoff at centre, pushed forward, split the defence and scored again six seconds later. With the puck bouncing around a bit after the next faceoff, he took control, skated outside the opposing defence and scored again.